What’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters in April

Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. What plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Folger Theatre.

Ian Merrill Peakes is Macbeth and Chaon Cross is Lady Macbeth in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Macbeth, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, April 25–June 24, 2018. Photo by Jeff Sciortino.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Macbeth (Apr 25–Jun 24), directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller). The magic-infused production stars Ian Merrill Peakes as the title character, reprising the role he played in the Posner-Teller production of Macbeth at Folger Theatre in 2008.